Ataraxia Quotes

#1. The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts - in brief, peace of mind.

Epicurus

#2. Stoicism for show: to be an enthusiast of nil admirari, an hysteric of ataraxia.

Emil M. Cioran

#3. The former breathes only peace and liberty; he desires only to live and be free from labor; even the ataraxia of the Stoic falls far short of his profound indifference to every other object.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#4. Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

Patrick Swayze

#5. There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

John F. Kennedy

#6. Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

Salman Rushdie

#7. Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto

Matsuo Basho

#8. One who sees communication in wisdom should also see creativity and practicality in intelligence.

Anyaele Sam Chiyson

#9. I want to be a fair trader. I want to be a firm and fair trader.

Donald Trump

#10. Broadcasting was something, I don't want to say it came easy, but it's something I'm comfortable doing.

Craig Kilborn

#11. Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes only on the fourth move.

Harry Golombek

#12. At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.

Robert Farrar Capon

#13. Before I sought truth. Now I seek justice.

Sophie Jordan

#14. For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

Howard Pyle

#15. The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. We need all of you to find your vocation. To develop your joys, your passions, and to match them to the world's great needs.

Eric Greitens